As I've stated before, my focus is not on what I will receive in the future or in the afterlife by being a good Christian. My focus is on the present and how I can be a better person, day by day. Having said that, I still find it mind boggling to try to imagine what heaven will be like if I should make it there. In the book of Revelations, John describes his visions of heaven and how we will be as showed to him by GOD. Knowing what we know through our earthly experience, its pretty much impossible to imagine what heaven will like exactly. St. John describes a wondrous city called The New Jerusalem that will descend from above after the thousand year reign of Jesus on earth. The city will be shaped like a cube and have the appearance of made of precious metals and stones and GOD and Jesus will dwell there with us. 



St. John foretold that we will be transformed and no longer have any of the earthly characteristics that we endure now. To be perfectly honest, before I sought to find GOD, this didn't appeal to me at all. To not be able to recognize a beautiful woman or to enjoy the finer things in life sounded both boring and more like a punishment than a reward. Back then, my idea of heaven was a place where all the earthly desires would be supplied in abundance. Now I realize that that would be hell. Our earthly desires get easily saturated and too much of a good thing always results in calamity. We will be changed and everything will be beautiful so there will be no distinction between whats good and bad as everything will be good. If I think about it, all the earthly desires I have are burdensome and I would love to do away with them. 



In heaven or the New Jerusalem, our tears will be wiped away and we will no longer have any death, pain, jealousy or suffering but will enjoy eternity in fellowship with GOD. We will be able to see HIM face-to-face and to converse for all time with Jesus Christ. We will finally be free of the things that weigh us down in this life and that sound pretty awesome to me.